Negative reviews. If we haven't yet gotten them, we soon will. All of us. Authors, singers, actors, painters, cooks, mechanics - every o...

This Week's Topic: The Mentality of Negative Reviews: Do I recognize my fight-or-flight response to negative reviews and do anything to ...

  Is there anything worse than seeing that dreaded one star review appear below your book? Or get that dreaded “No” in the mail?  For author...

You want to know how I handle rejections, critical reviews, and other opinions? The facial expression of this photo of me in Ireland (at a 1...

Number one way to support your favorite author? Tell them you loved their book! Wait…maybe leaving a review for said book-love is the number...

Yesterday I cooked brunch for writer friends Jim Sorenson and Sage Walker . (That's me in my Orchid Throne apron that the amazingly ...

Since the internet is for gratuitous cat photos, here's yours for the day. Let it be noted that the kittens are now six months old. T...

I'm loving the topic this week of "Reviews: Are they worth it?" Mostly because I keep hearing Missy Elliot, and now I want to...

Our topic at the SFF Seven this week is reviews: do they really do any good? Serendipitously enough, this topic dovetails with something...

This is what wildly inaccurate reviews feel like. You press the publish button, something goes clunk, a review for a book that bears rem...

This was my view from the bed this morning when I woke up. The mountain bluebirds love this water fountain - and they always feel like a...

When Amazon was new and I was unpublished, I used to read a lot of reviews. They were informative and well-thought-out and helped me pick my...

Reviews. We need them. We love them. Okay, we might not love the one-star reviews, but if the book moved a reader to the point they felt co...

Our topic this week at the SFF Seven is on our calendar as "Reviews - I'm rubber, you're glue." Which gave me pause, I...